worst part is everyone's forgiven big mac cuz he had a "good image". canseco is deemed a snitch so even though he was telling the truth hes still not as revered as mcgwire.
Damn right he does how he is celebrated in St St Louis & 62 is labeled in Busch Stadium & he's in the Cardinals Hall of Fame is a flat disgrace. McGwire, Bonds, Sosa, Palmero etc are tainted & 1998 to me wasn't real so I don't celebrate it in my baseball history guys like Hank Aaron 715, Pete Rose 4256, Adrian Beltre 3,000, Cal Ripken 2632, Kirk Gibson 88 World Series Game 1. Those events are my baseball history not a cheater like McGwire & him admitting 10 years after the fact I could care less he was to late.
We all got fooled by these steroids scumbags and starting with MLB maffia making millions and millions out of the worst false American sport in history.. baseball to watch?.. never again.
The reality is that Major League Baseball knew all these guys were taking steroids. I was a baseball scout for 10 years and a former minor leagues. As a scout I knew guys were on steroids but the home runs were also bringing stupid amounts of fans and money into the pockets of the owners. As long THE players hit homers and money kept coming they did not care. Once the cat was out of the box they left the players out to dry. Back then it would have meant the difference between a million dollar contract for those players. Is sad that these guys took the road of steroids but at the same time people have no idea how much pressure these guys go through.
Sure! The players did it knowingly. They did it to gain an advantage. They wouldn’t have made it to the big leagues or wouldn’t have had the success they had. Now they have to somewhat pay the piper.
Going to be completely honest with you out of all the steroid guys McGuire is the only one that could maybe make it in the Hall of Fame but then again we have players like Aaron Judge. I believe the only player that’s alive right now that could hit 70+ home runs.
Sorry to point this out, but I think if McGuire was a Latin player denying ped use he would also have been blackballed entirely out of MLb just like Canseco was after admitting his use of PEDs
His chest doubled in size due to his steroid use. His arms were like tree trunks. He is lying to himself if he thinks steroids had nothing to do with his batting success. His denials are sad but sickening too.
@@TheCW284 Scientists agree, so do I, that steroids do not improve hand-eye coordination, but scientists agree, so do I as I’m not foolish enough to disagree with experts, the drugs help build strength, this quickens bat speed. Better bat speed gives the hitter more time to wait on a pitch, to read it and follow it. Hitting in baseball is all about reaction time, whether it's a curveball or a fastball. Another benefit with anabolic steroids, besides increasing the speed of actually swinging the bat, is they help a player be consistent over an entire baseball season. That's the reason we saw those higher statistics for Rodriguez from 2001 to 2003.
@@TheCW284 Not necessarily steroids in particular, maybe, but many other drugs he was surely taking do in fact improve your hand/eye coordination, your focus, your reaction's time, and so on. People need to stop being naive, finding weird excuses or talk nonsense, they're called "performance enhancing" drugs for a reason, and all athletes in every sport take them for that same reason.
you can tell that he wants to give the appearance of coming clean and being honest, while lying to limit how bad he looks. Conseco at least laid it all out and truly threw himself under the bus.
It's just weird. I don't get why he cried over this. It sucks, but it's not some big tragedy that happened to you. You did it, you got caught, just own your bullshit and the consequences like a man. It is what it is. He's crying just cause he feels sad for himself about being busted cheating? He's like a kid in detention who's dad is gonna whip him when he gets home.
@@rdr4095 If you find yourself in a position where you have to tell the truth, and it makes you cry, I think that qualifies as you being busted. Probably the worst way to get busted.
Rita Maldonado that is absolutely false! Jose Conseco in an interview (I literally I just watched it 2 min ago) said he always said he knew Mark would of hit that many home runs regardless of ped use. And went on to explain that their stadium was very hard to hit home runs at for a couple reasons and believes if they played in a different park Mark would of hit 60 home runs his first season with out a doubt! So stop making false comments!
@@Mike_Davidson If deep flies that are outs turn into homers and grounders are hit a little more sharply and turn into base knocks your average will increase. That's common sense. Don't go to the extreme to try to win an argument. Nobody is saying an extra 15 pounds of muscle is going to turn a .250 hitter into Tony Gwynn. But the extra muscle could turn a .250 18 homerun guy into a .275 guy who hits 35 bombs.
@@egseven For ratting out his TEAMMATES. Make sure to stay away from you as a friend or teammate (or even co-worker) if you rat out every single thing you perceptively view as wrong, when no one is perfect There is a reason why even on the issue of PED's Jose Canseco is one of a kind
@@egseven *Canseco is the one who introduced and pushed steroids on Mark McGwire!!!* Get your head out of your rear... Canseco deserves absolutely no apology
@@shaheedharun445 ur entitled to ur opinion. He was getting black listed by the MLB and he needed to do what he had to do. Cheating in professional sports is a big no no IMO. Some major media outlets painted him as a liar and almost 90% of his book was truth even if it took years to legitimatize.
people are dipshits. there is no fucking comparison. drug addiction is not at all the same thing as you cheating on your wife. stop cheating on your wife. just because mark used steroids to recover from the pains of playing MLB to make corporations rich, doesn't make him evil like you are for cheating on your wife. mark never made any vows to you buddy.
Let me say this (waving my finger) “I would have hit 70 HR’s without steroids.” Yeah sure Mark it would have taken 2 seasons for you to do it. It’s common knowledge that steroids make you stronger as Joe McGrane said hitting a ball 480 feet tops would be talent but hitting it 575 feet you have a competitive advantage in steroids.
Yup Canseco can hold his head high when his teammate & especially his a-hole manager tried to make him the bad guy going back to 60 minutes with Mike Wallace. La Russa Canseco was jealous of Mark which is funny cause not 1 person in baseball has sued Canseco why cause he told the truth & especially helped the game.
@@patrickgray5633 I remember Kevin Kennedy on Fox talking about players when Jason Grimsley got caught and seemingly outraged about it, all the while he was Rangers manager when Jose was there and when Jose was in Boston in the 1990s Lol
Too little, too late. This guy is sitting here crying over telling his story. Canseco never shed a tear while taking all of the abuse from players and MLB, and was telling the truth the whole time.
way to waste an opportunity to apologize Mark....denying that steroids played any part in your 70 homerun season is delusional ....you are in total denial....
Okay check it out....in breaking from tradition from everyone else on here....I want to DISCUSS this with you....like decent people...NO CUSSING, NO NAME CALLING, NO PERSONAL ATTACKS...you tell me why you feel the way you do (provide facts and examples if you can get them) and then I will rebuttal....cool
Erik Edmonds rookie year never touched steroids. Hit 49 home runs amd 118 RBI. No steroids. Always was known as a massive home run hitter without steroids.
Whether he took steroids or not, he was still an awesome player before that. I don't think steroids really plays a part in giving someone a better sense of ball position, where to swing, how to swing and how to connect. He's always been a good player. I don't believe steroids helped him hit more homeruns. He would have hit them regardless. Look at regular people who take steroids for a short period after being injured or a lengthy hospital stay. It is part of their recovery and healing. He could in fact be telling the truth that is why he started taking them because of all those injuries. If you really look at the ball player he was before he got on steroids, he skills shows he didn't need performance enhancement to be a good player. This makes me think of Pete Rose who's still not allowed into the Hall of Fame just for betting on games. Pete was still and awesome ball player which is what he should be inducted in for.
He's not capable of telling the truth...it always has been about about himself. Even this 'admission' holds many lies. He lied in Congress to protect himself, this half hearted effort was to get a job in baseball and only after its safe for him to do so after statute of limitations expired. This man spit in the face of the integrity of the game. For him to suggest he had to lie and anyone else would have done the same...is shameful. Shame on him.
As someone who has juiced, 1. no one that does steroids, doesn’t remember what steroids they used. 2. You don’t stay on low doses because usually each cycle you gradually up your dose.
Also you don't take them off and on because when you go off doesn't your natural testosterone levels stay suppressed? You kind of have to be in it for the long haul.
I do not know how old you are or if you were around to see him play, but he was a giant man at 6’ 5” with 17” forearms. He was every bit of 270. You are talking to someone who is 6’ 1” and 365 and my brother is 6’ 2” 315 so I know what people weigh. To be as thick as he was at 6’ 5”, you can’t be 250 - it’s an impossibility. They listed him lighter than he was on purpose to avoid suspicion. The same with Frank Thomas. Look at Aaron Judge who is 6’ 7” 282 pounds and he wasn’t anywhere near as thick as McGwire...
@@NJDAVE Your my sir are delusional and admitting to being a Steriod User or a Fat man wtf. So now people can just eye people's wieght now, o boy what a time. There would also be no reason to list players lighter than they are who wouldn't want to see a 250 pound man hit a ball, you know it would be an instant homerun so what you just said was a lie.
@@joseanthompson9069 bro, look at Shaq in the early 2000’s. They listed the guy at 300 to 325 lbs. when in reality he was close to 350lbs easy. Same with Oliver Miller, that guy was super overweight and they lied that too.
All big boys like McGuire,Parker,Luzinski,Thome will gain weight as they age. Mark at 6'5' 6'6 would have been 250 natural as he worked hard, likely 270 without steroids if a chronic bad knee persisted, although most would go to mid section.
firebird_SPLEEN OMG....okay listen carefully....what greenies allowed you to do was a day game after a night game, got back from the west coast late and have a game at noon....it allowed you to do in August what you could do if you were fresh in May or June...THEY DIDN'T TRANSFORM YOU INTO SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD NOT HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN....Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays didn't start taking Greenies at the age of 38 and 40 and hit 70 homeruns....you're comparing a knife to a nuclear missle....this isn't like scuffing a ball, stealing a sign, corking a bat, or taking greenies.....people who took steroids were GROSSLY TRANSFORMED
+R.J. Bama What was Babe Ruth on? Babe faced the talent of only part of the population: white people. Babe only played day games. Many pitches were created since the time of Babe. It goes on and on.
Who knows what Babe Ruth was on? I think during that time cocaine could be bought in any corner pharmacy. By the way I'm not going to make this a black and white issue, that's just silly. I know one thing for sure, the Babe was on hot dogs and beer. I don't know what day games has to do with it. Most MLB players today will tell you they would rather play a night game because the sun shining in their face is not a factor.
JOSE CANSECO WAS ACTUALLY THE MOST HONEST AND TRUTHFUL ONE FROM THIS INFAMOUS ERA OF BASEBALL PLAYERS, HE SIMPLY TOLD THE UGLY TRUTH, THEY ALL OWE HIM AN APOLOGY
@@psilocybemusashi then why hasn’t McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Palermo, A Rod, Manny, Bonds or anyone else sued Jose Canseco. By them not filing a lawsuit against him his claims have to be the truth. Either they broke more laws, they know people who broke laws or they know he is correct in his claims a innocent man or woman is yelling from day 1 of being accused “That’s absolutely false that never happened.” McGwire half way admitted the truth that he took steroids years after the 98 season & well after 2005 that he was accused. I say half way cause we all know it helped him perform no matter what he says about health but lets also go back he said “The names I don’t remember.” Well that makes him pretty damn stupid to put something in his body that can be a risk to a persons health. Hulk Hogan & WWE wrestlers were taking steroids in the 1980’s & telling people after they found out the dangers do not take them.
@@psilocybemusashi Yes Jose was selling a book and I do believe he exaggerating things in the book. But Jose was pretty much correct on everything he said.
The number of players hitting 50+ homers exploded in the late 90s -- coinciding exactly with steroid usage. How anyone can deny the causation is beyond me.
Im a lifelong Cardinal fan. I cheered him on. I was at Busch Stadium for #62 and #70. This isn’t an apology. He refuses to admit guilt. It is impossible to forgive someone if they will not admit fault.
What fault? Selig and the media have never admitted fault, nor have fans for wanting a home run race. I saw 62 and loved it. I am not sorry for loving it. Baseball should have tested for steroids and banned abusers if it really opposed them so much. But baseball waited until after they had their money and blamed the players.
@jaredebel5867 I couldn’t agree more it’s such crap that people still celebrate this when it’s obvious artificial. Everyone in MLB from the Commissioner, Owners, Coaches & Players they knew it the entire time. Even Tony La Russa knows it when he claims he had no idea. Pete Rose said years later the truth & McGwire waited 10 years after the fact. People won’t forgive Rose but they turn a blind eye with steroids. Treat people the same when they are wrong of something gambling, steroids, cocaine etc
@@joeysbestfriend2614 Sir, I don't see color. I judge people by their character and deeds they do. Some of my best friends are day labor hispanics that I initially meet at Home Depot and afro-american rappers who are lyric masters that became close friends while I worked at the detention center. The kind of friends I'd donate blood to or even give a low interest loan to.
He's just sorry he got cought. The crying is fake. He just wants people to feel sorry for him. Him saying he didn't know others doing steroids is obviously a lie.
I find it hysterical he said La Russa didn’t know, & his own family never even asked him. That to me is BS with no cameras around driving in the car with Matt McGwire or at family events he’s really telling us nobody asked Mark or dad did you take this stuff????
They would of offered Canseco more money to keep his mouth shut but he chose to speak up and clean up Baseball props to Canseco because at the same time he went down with all the others
"I tried them in 89." Gee, who hooked him up? Jose Canseco! But the part of his book where he says we injected ourselves in the ball club before the practice was made up by the ghostwriter. I am on a regime of anabolics, a strict protocol that depends on a very strict schedule. You don't just bust it out in the gym locker room. That is a myth. But he owes Jose an apology. In the end, Jose was the only MLB player that was remotely honest. It's not the crime that gets you. It's the cover up.
I don't think he's lying as much as he's delusional. Stating that he could have hit those type of numbers without steroids when no one else in the game, still to this day, has even come close.
For those who don't really know, no matter what he's trying to say, just 1, ONE cycle of juice give you an INCREDIBLE advantage. I played football for 17 years, 10 on Testosterone. Hands down those 10 years were WAY better across the board. Every measurable statistic. For him to say it didn't help is laughable. And he knows it.
I agree, he is most def lying. He did it for the same reasons everyone takes roids. Also "I don't remember which drugs I took". Oh please. Every bodybuilder you talk to has an encyclopedic knowledge of drugs, it's like talking to a doctor. He is trying to minimize the role drugs have on his legacy.
@@timb4248 Yeah that's the usual nonsense, they try to minimize their use saying it was just for health or recovery, wich is ridiculous. Or use the hand/eye coordination excuse, when there are countless PEDs that improve that too and everything else. Drugs make you better in every department, otherwise athletes wouldn't use them. PEDs work extremely well, can transform an average guy in a world's beater, and gifted people like McGwire in GOAT contenders.
So i'm 46 years old and until April 14th of this year, i had never put an any form of testosterone into my body. I've always produced it naturally but last year i tore my left shoulder and after 7 months, i still couldn't lift a 45 lb dumbell over my head and my wight had gone up 20lbs and my test levels had dipped to 400. So i started test replacement. I don't want to live on it but i also don't want to turn into a women by stopping. How did these ball playings take androgynous test then stop then start again without it affecting their own natural production. In only 5 months, my production has gone to nothing
Jose has recently said on Vlad TV interview that McGuire really did not need steroids to become a homerun king....what hurt his stats more than anything was hitting at Oakland Collesium!
@@brandons5479 Hey Brandon, check out the 5 minute clip of Jose on VLAD TV here on YT.....actually I recommend watching all of the entire interview, but the clip with McGuire and the genetics he had without PEDs coupled with hitting in what was the absolute worst stadium homerun wise ever.....You are not wrong about the late 90s and moving to Busch Stadium....Big Mac was quite injury riddled by then. Honestly, I don't care, I think that if one is a professional ball player...the less than 1 percent in the world that make it to por anything and if PEDs help your moneymaker ie your body.....then do whatever you want to do.
@Justin McDonald That Vlad interview with Canseco was outstanding. What did you think about Jose discussing the challenges of hitting at Oakland Collesium? Can you imagine what kind of numbers McGuire and Canseco would have reached had they been playing half their games each season at Fenway Park or the newer park in Houston with the short porch in left field. Canseco was like a God to me when his career started to take off in the mid to late 80s. Canseco, Brett, Schmidt, Doc Gooden, Allan Trammel, Ricky Henderson, Nolan Ryan, Molitor and Yount, Louisiana Lightening Ron Guidry, etc.....no better time to be a teenaged ball player than the 80s.....younger years watching Johnny Bench and the Baseball Bunch and who can forget Mel Allen and This Week In Baseball.....
lets take Mcgwire at his word then, that he took them for health reasons, to heal faster, etc. That means that WITHOUT steroids, he would have been out longer, and possibly been injured more often, and recovered more slowly. That would have taken a toll on his ability to hit homers. Who is to say that he wouldnt have been injured without the roids in 98? That happens, he is out of the HR running.
The idea that it didnt help is ludacris. I will agree that he had the power before them, and steroids dont give you coordination or hitting ability. But they are PERFORMANCE enhancing drugs. That doesnt have to mean that he hit harder, but it could mean he was able to perform for longer at the level he did.
He keeps saying it didn't help him hit homeruns while at the same time saying he couldn't feel healthy and strong without it. Umm in order to hit that many homeruns, you need to feel really, really healthy and strong. So of course Roger Maris still has the record. I'm sure he felt a lack of energy and strength on some days too and battled through it without artificially enhancing his performance.
I was a McGuire fan for years. I’m not even that upset that he did steroids. I knew 100% he was on steroids watching him play. What bothers me is him saying “they didn’t help me”. What a joke. He agreed to do the interview. Either come clean or don’t do the interview at all! Why take steroids if they didn’t help you?
Damn, I'm 52 years old and always loved baseball, but I have never seen this before. It's sad that this was so called admission. Saying he did the roids for his health is like saying he shot heroin for a nagging groin injury!! Cmon mark, it is what it is brother!!
Athletes use steroids because they help you recover quicker from muscle fatigue which can lead to injury so I believe him about that because he was often injured.
Your analysis is severely defective. Steroids and heroin are animals of vastly different breeds. Stop bloviating about a subject regarding which you're severely ignorant.
He was hurt all of the time because he weighed so much from using steroids ... Dude was 6'5", 280 lbs RIPPED when he was cycling steroids routinely like a pro bodybuilder, which coincidently his brother was. At the end of his career, he could barely run the bases he was so freaking big.
No one doubts that he was a great home run hitter but there are a lot of great home run hitters. The record should be stripped and Maris should still hold the record as no one yet has still legitimately broken his record. Which in turn means Aaron's record should be returned.
When I was a young kid I idolized mark collected every card and watched the season with my father when he broke roger Maris’ record and even remember him and Sosa were in a race to beat that home run record but you can’t use PED and break a record of one of the OGs of baseball who did it all natural with grit and talent
Steroid can’t do that man. It is about skill. Go and give a bat to a boxer and let’s see what happen. I am from a country that all young kid use steroids and they are nothing in baseball and they play. It is about skill and talent.
@@joshhighlights3310 they won’t make you hit the ball, but they’ll keep you on the field so you can. Any serious athlete knows it’s cheating because otherwise your body wouldn’t have allowed you to compete at all.
He's a flat liar Tony La Russa looks so bad in this with all he said that McGwire did it legal & right & Canseco was jealous. Don't think so Tony Jose Canseco helped the game of baseball more then most players before him & all of them after him other then Cal Ripkens' streaks.
Come on mark..... no one just takes steroids for pain and recovery.... the steroids do effect performance and to say that they didn’t effect your performance is naive At best.
Incorrect, I took steroids strictly for recovery purposes under a doctors guidance. TRUST me when i say this....i didnt want to stop. The roids i was taking (anavar, andro) never made me larger or stronger, they could have at Arnie/Lou levels....but they sure did make my body feel like i was 18 again. McGwire is 100% correct that roids DO NOT enhance eye/hand stuff....but they do certainly change the dynamics
@@joebobmarley2854 Well testosterone plays a factor, but i think its the supporting hormone levels that are also changed....the goal is quit literally, gradually increase doseages until 14-18 year old levels are attained, then gradually weaned off and put on post cycle therapy after the seired recovery is there. Everyone knows at 14-18 we literally are indestructible, and that is the goal of hormone recovery
He really almost doesn’t even realize how foolish he looks in the interview. From one standpoint he talks about how he could’ve done all of this without steroids. However from another standpoint he talks about how he couldn’t stay healthy, and admits that he used steroids as a means of keeping himself healthy. Well Mark I hate to break this to you but you can’t hit home runs when you’re not on the field. So you absolutely needed them to hit home runs. Hello?
Roger Maris just goes to show what a great player he was . I think his record should be reinstated back . 100% mlb is not interested in the right thing only money sad..
It’s funny how when he hit 62 everyone went nuts and now years later judge could hit 62 and it’s as though we discount anything that ever happened in 98
Him, Sosa, Griffy Jr were the reason I became interested in baseball so to me always be a heros in my eyes. So what Sammy and Mark were on steroids. They made the game fun.
Agreed. The media, gms, managers and commissioner all wanted them to take steroids too. Hall Of Fame for both of them. I got to see the 62 home run and enjoyed it.
jude999 I mean he was a big name back then... Everyone was using even the ones who weren't caught using it. Yes blame the Era. Even pitchers were using it
let's get one thing straight, the dude is a 6'5 beast... he was NEVER skinny. If you wanna hate on him for steroid use then you need to hate on all of the MLB for that era.
You could say he was "skinny" at USC and his first couple year's in Oakland, compared to the overly Roided out monster he became later in his career.. He and Bonds were visually obvious. Like everyone taking heavy doses of it does. Unnatural
@Jonathan McCully we don’t know that you could be right but we know Bonds & Mark McGwire we know cheated so that disqualifies them to me. Problem is we’ll never know about 70’s farther back but all we can do is know about that.
I still love how he gets a pass and BONDS gets the heat. Who gives a shit about a player's attitude, HOF is HOF and not a house party. We all know BONDS was HOF before '99 or at least 2000.
I played against Mark in High School, and he was very good, tall and skinny. He went to an all-boys Catholic school he should have known better but ended up making a poor choice. It's forgivable as we all make mistakes in life Unfortunately that cost him the Hall of Fame with a bad reputation. He did make it to the big leagues with his work ethic good for him
As I see it , the problem is he keeps admitting he couldn’t stay healthy without it. So by definition his performance and numbers associated with it were enhanced and it’s too hard to determine to what extent.
people don't even realize how common steriods are. i was prescribed them every fall for my alergies as a child. that was only after they perscribed me multiple other treatments that had no effect on my debilitating alergies that came about every fall. if i was playing MLB at that time I would definitely have been taking steriods because it is the only thing that works against my allergies. if you don't know anything about pharmaceuticals or medicine you should definitely not judge mark. go back to your day job.
He probably started after the .201 season, was probably going on his way out... Clemens went 40-39 last 4 seasons in Bos. Before becoming superhuman in Toronto again.
I gave my signed rc picture of Mcgwire to my 11 year old last week with my inscription on the back. In summary he was gifted and his use tainted his career. The reason his pic is valuable is because he owned his problem and went across the country talking to kids about how his use wasted his career.
go on defend him, its people like you is reason he gets to keep his records, but just face it popular opinion says no to his hall of fame. there's no defending this cheat.
go back and look at what he did his rookie year. he had a great year. he brought the game back from the dead after the strike is what everyone forgets. he was injury prone very much so. he was my favorite player besides George Brett. I was a huge fan of his. followed him more than anyone. Canseco made it worse on America cause Canseco failed and Canseco was Jealous. As a person who has been forced been prescribed steroids by a dr, it has nothing to do with hand eye coordination. and if anything it will make you stronger only if you preform in the weight room and it is only a quick fix to injuries. If you fix the pain your not hurting, and thats the best cure. Thats why Ill never judge anyone of any sport cause mine had to do with a disability.
Yeah ,Ray..He says he only dabbled pre -93.. B.S .I was in.K.C..in May '92 and the A's were in town to play Royals..I happened to be at the Crown Center Hotel Complex , and happened to see McGwire and Canseco , Henderson, etc..McGwire was in lobby signing a few autographs , and he looked like Paul Bunyan .Absolutely massive human being .No comparison to his appearance as rookie in 87 ..Total transformation using the jet fuel .
At least Jose Canseco was honest!!
McGwire well not so much.
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When was the last time you saw the fans at batting practice fill the stands ???
Jose Canseco was being honest from the beginning.
HE SEEMS LIKE A DECENT HUMAN BEING HE WAS HONEST. WITH OUT A DOUBT HE'S THE GREATEST HITTER !
worst part is everyone's forgiven big mac cuz he had a "good image". canseco is deemed a snitch so even though he was telling the truth hes still not as revered as mcgwire.
He basically said," I only took steroids for my health," "I wish I never played in that era," (Sniff) I'm sorry"
For his health.. Ooh that's sad
This was pathetic
The insidious thing about liars is they lie about lying. 🤷🏼♂️🤦🏼♂️
Just like my wife, she has no reason to lie, but she lies so much she can't help her self but to lie even when nothing to lie about
Um this is an admission…
"I could have done it without steroids"
No way Jose!
YOU OWE A BIG APOLOGY TO JOSE!
Damn right he does how he is celebrated in St St Louis & 62 is labeled in Busch Stadium & he's in the Cardinals Hall of Fame is a flat disgrace. McGwire, Bonds, Sosa, Palmero etc are tainted & 1998 to me wasn't real so I don't celebrate it in my baseball history guys like Hank Aaron 715, Pete Rose 4256, Adrian Beltre 3,000, Cal Ripken 2632, Kirk Gibson 88 World Series Game 1. Those events are my baseball history not a cheater like McGwire & him admitting 10 years after the fact I could care less he was to late.
@@patrickgray5633 hell nah, after the Astros bullshit, PUT BONDS IN he was a great player before the steroids
@@alanflores2714 yup had 3 mvps when he was skinny n he was a great outfielder
Should Clemens get it?
We all got fooled by these steroids scumbags and starting with MLB maffia making millions and millions out of the worst false American sport in history.. baseball to watch?.. never again.
Cant believe Canseco made him cry like a baby😂💀
You’re right about that!!!!!
Sounds like if Mcgwire hadn't taken steroids, his career wouldve ended early because of injuries
The reality is that Major League Baseball knew all these guys were taking steroids. I was a baseball scout for 10 years and a former minor leagues. As a scout I knew guys were on steroids but the home runs were also bringing stupid amounts of fans and money into the pockets of the owners. As long THE players hit homers and money kept coming they did not care. Once the cat was out of the box they left the players out to dry. Back then it would have meant the difference between a million dollar contract for those players. Is sad that these guys took the road of steroids but at the same time people have no idea how much pressure these guys go through.
well said sir!
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Sure! The players did it knowingly. They did it to gain an advantage. They wouldn’t have made it to the big leagues or wouldn’t have had the success they had. Now they have to somewhat pay the piper.
And that is why MLB players wont play in the Olympics because the game is by far clean
Going to be completely honest with you out of all the steroid guys McGuire is the only one that could maybe make it in the Hall of Fame but then again we have players like Aaron Judge. I believe the only player that’s alive right now that could hit 70+ home runs.
Jose Canseco's story keeps looking better and better in this whole ordeal
Of course cause Canseco was honest & came clean about all of it
You’re right about that!!!!
@@aphysique True!!!!
Sorry to point this out, but I think if McGuire was a Latin player denying ped use he would also have been blackballed entirely out of MLb just like Canseco was after admitting his use of PEDs
Canseco comes out looking really good after the fact!
Him and Bond still could have without steroids.
I think Jose told a lot more truth than Mark. We all know they did it together. Why Mark would lie about that I don’t know.
stop sniffling you fucking pussy 37:15
Canseco told the truth.
Everyone looked at Jose like he was a huge liar. He was deff money hungry and broke at the time but he told the truth.
He said he didn’t notice the performance enhancing 😂😂
He was swinging a one arm paddle lol
His chest doubled in size due to his steroid use. His arms were like tree trunks. He is lying to himself if he thinks steroids had nothing to do with his batting success. His denials are sad but sickening too.
Hand eye coordination has nothing to do with steroids. Steroids don’t help you hit the ball
@@TheCW284 Scientists agree, so do I, that steroids do not improve hand-eye coordination, but scientists agree, so do I as I’m not foolish enough to disagree with experts, the drugs help build strength, this quickens bat speed. Better bat speed gives the hitter more time to wait on a pitch, to read it and follow it. Hitting in baseball is all about reaction time, whether it's a curveball or a fastball. Another benefit with anabolic steroids, besides increasing the speed of actually swinging the bat, is they help a player be consistent over an entire baseball season. That's the reason we saw those higher statistics for Rodriguez from 2001 to 2003.
@@TheCW284 Not necessarily steroids in particular, maybe, but many other drugs he was surely taking do in fact improve your hand/eye coordination, your focus, your reaction's time, and so on. People need to stop being naive, finding weird excuses or talk nonsense, they're called "performance enhancing" drugs for a reason, and all athletes in every sport take them for that same reason.
@@livingbeing1113 still gotta hit the ball
Steroids for sure helped him out and no way he only used them when injured. He’s a cheater end of story. People need to stop making excuses.
hard to see him crying, sad he still doesn’t want to tell the whole truth and admit how much roids helped him
Although I appreciate Mark sat down and candidly spoke his heart for this interview, I just have a queasy hunch that he lied 90% of it.
Riccardo Verdecia Sr 🤦♂️ dude cheated and stopped a lot of people from getting recognition that deserved it like ken Griffey jr.
How to Read and Write Channel I mean mvps and so forth.
You are full of crap
My sir, you are silly. How are you going to tell a man he is lying when you weren't even there. Lmao
you can tell that he wants to give the appearance of coming clean and being honest, while lying to limit how bad he looks. Conseco at least laid it all out and truly threw himself under the bus.
He turned on the tears? 🤷🏽♂️ 😆 What a lying sack. Much respect to Jose.
It's just weird. I don't get why he cried over this. It sucks, but it's not some big tragedy that happened to you. You did it, you got caught, just own your bullshit and the consequences like a man. It is what it is. He's crying just cause he feels sad for himself about being busted cheating? He's like a kid in detention who's dad is gonna whip him when he gets home.
@@garybeltrand5802 he never got “caught” or got “busted” cheating.
@@rdr4095 If you find yourself in a position where you have to tell the truth, and it makes you cry, I think that qualifies as you being busted. Probably the worst way to get busted.
I could barely watch it. Wiping away his non existent tears. Tell tale sign of a liar.
@@MarmaladeSally You’re right about that, he was in tears just about the whole time he was there!!!!
Steriods did enhance his batting average. At least Canseco admitted it.
So steroids give you better eyesight to see the ball then? 🤷♂️🤦♂️🤣😂💉
Rita Maldonado that is absolutely false! Jose Conseco in an interview (I literally I just watched it 2 min ago) said he always said he knew Mark would of hit that many home runs regardless of ped use. And went on to explain that their stadium was very hard to hit home runs at for a couple reasons and believes if they played in a different park Mark would of hit 60 home runs his first season with out a doubt!
So stop making false comments!
@@Mike_Davidson If deep flies that are outs turn into homers and grounders are hit a little more sharply and turn into base knocks your average will increase. That's common sense. Don't go to the extreme to try to win an argument. Nobody is saying an extra 15 pounds of muscle is going to turn a .250 hitter into Tony Gwynn. But the extra muscle could turn a .250 18 homerun guy into a .275 guy who hits 35 bombs.
@@j-r-m7775 To hit a baseball you have to see it and where to place the bat to make contact. How do steroids make that possible? 🤷♂️🤦♂️😂
@@j-r-m7775 Do steroids give you bionic vision? 🤷♂️🤣🤣
All of baseball owes Jose Conseco an apology.
No they don't.
Sit down and shut up.
I think Jose deserves an apology from all of us
For snitching?
@@shaheedharun445 for speaking truth.
@@egseven For ratting out his TEAMMATES. Make sure to stay away from you as a friend or teammate (or even co-worker) if you rat out every single thing you perceptively view as wrong, when no one is perfect
There is a reason why even on the issue of PED's Jose Canseco is one of a kind
@@egseven *Canseco is the one who introduced and pushed steroids on Mark McGwire!!!* Get your head out of your rear... Canseco deserves absolutely no apology
@@shaheedharun445 ur entitled to ur opinion. He was getting black listed by the MLB and he needed to do what he had to do. Cheating in professional sports is a big no no IMO. Some major media outlets painted him as a liar and almost 90% of his book was truth even if it took years to legitimatize.
"I wish I never played during the steroid era" YOU STARTED THE STEROID ERA
Well I don’t know if I’d go that far, granted he wasn’t far down the chain from bringing it in to the clubhouse
He finished it too..
@@figmentofyourimagination5359 More like Barry Bonds finished it.
Brady Anderson started it . The skinny punk hit 50 home runs.. He was juiced big time
@@figmentofyourimagination5359 more like Barry Bonds.
My wife caught me cheating with the woman next door and I said I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE PAST
Genius
"Just the positive. Let me show you what I learned, honey."
people are dipshits. there is no fucking comparison. drug addiction is not at all the same thing as you cheating on your wife. stop cheating on your wife. just because mark used steroids to recover from the pains of playing MLB to make corporations rich, doesn't make him evil like you are for cheating on your wife. mark never made any vows to you buddy.
Let me say this (waving my finger) “I would have hit 70 HR’s without steroids.” Yeah sure Mark it would have taken 2 seasons for you to do it. It’s common knowledge that steroids make you stronger as Joe McGrane said hitting a ball 480 feet tops would be talent but hitting it 575 feet you have a competitive advantage in steroids.
Not the same dipshit
I don't know if I've ever seen a less sincere apology in my life. Where was his apology to Jose Canseco? He called him a liar.
Yup Canseco can hold his head high when his teammate & especially his a-hole manager tried to make him the bad guy going back to 60 minutes with Mike Wallace. La Russa Canseco was jealous of Mark which is funny cause not 1 person in baseball has sued Canseco why cause he told the truth & especially helped the game.
I have, Lance Armstrong ,, another full of shit liar.
@@patrickgray5633 I remember Kevin Kennedy on Fox talking about players when Jason Grimsley got caught and seemingly outraged about it, all the while he was Rangers manager when Jose was there and when Jose was in Boston in the 1990s Lol
McGuire makes me wanna puke!Bonds..all of them except Canseco
Too little, too late. This guy is sitting here crying over telling his story. Canseco never shed a tear while taking all of the abuse from players and MLB, and was telling the truth the whole time.
way to waste an opportunity to apologize Mark....denying that steroids played any part in your 70 homerun season is delusional ....you are in total denial....
Okay check it out....in breaking from tradition from everyone else on here....I want to DISCUSS this with you....like decent people...NO CUSSING, NO NAME CALLING, NO PERSONAL ATTACKS...you tell me why you feel the way you do (provide facts and examples if you can get them) and then I will rebuttal....cool
Erik Edmonds rookie year never touched steroids. Hit 49 home runs amd 118 RBI. No steroids. Always was known as a massive home run hitter without steroids.
Whether he took steroids or not, he was still an awesome player before that. I don't think steroids really plays a part in giving someone a better sense of ball position, where to swing, how to swing and how to connect. He's always been a good player. I don't believe steroids helped him hit more homeruns. He would have hit them regardless. Look at regular people who take steroids for a short period after being injured or a lengthy hospital stay. It is part of their recovery and healing. He could in fact be telling the truth that is why he started taking them because of all those injuries. If you really look at the ball player he was before he got on steroids, he skills shows he didn't need performance enhancement to be a good player. This makes me think of Pete Rose who's still not allowed into the Hall of Fame just for betting on games. Pete was still and awesome ball player which is what he should be inducted in for.
@@codycovert6721 I guess no rebuttal... lol
@@TheMeanArena it's public perception. Mark comes off as a know-it-all and he's better than everybody else.
I want a 30/30 doc on the Steroid Era so bad , I want more insight on this. not to mention it would get big ratings
Doc deez nuts
There’s one about Mark and Sammy rn
I just saw an ad for espn 30 for 30 today on facebook,you're dream just came true .
You got one unfortunately they didn't press the issue. It was a giant waste of time.
You got it. It's literally titled 30/30.
He's not capable of telling the truth...it always has been about about himself. Even this 'admission' holds many lies. He lied in Congress to protect himself, this half hearted effort was to get a job in baseball and only after its safe for him to do so after statute of limitations expired. This man spit in the face of the integrity of the game. For him to suggest he had to lie and anyone else would have done the same...is shameful. Shame on him.
As someone who has juiced,
1. no one that does steroids, doesn’t remember what steroids they used.
2. You don’t stay on low doses because usually each cycle you gradually up your dose.
Jacob Hughes ya I thought that was horse shit when he said he didn't remember the names of the steroids.
You are 100% correct. I did steroids like 15 years ago and I remember exactly what I took, how often, and how much.
Also you don't take them off and on because when you go off doesn't your natural testosterone levels stay suppressed? You kind of have to be in it for the long haul.
@@zenrr1 no, otherwise you'd never be able to quit.
i was prescribed steroids every single fall for my allergies as a child. i cannot tell you the name of the prescription.
He wasn't an ounce under 270 in 98'...
I do not know how old you are or if you were around to see him play, but he was a giant man at 6’ 5” with 17” forearms. He was every bit of 270. You are talking to someone who is 6’ 1” and 365 and my brother is 6’ 2” 315 so I know what people weigh. To be as thick as he was at 6’ 5”, you can’t be 250 - it’s an impossibility. They listed him lighter than he was on purpose to avoid suspicion. The same with Frank Thomas. Look at Aaron Judge who is 6’ 7” 282 pounds and he wasn’t anywhere near as thick as McGwire...
@@NJDAVE Your my sir are delusional and admitting to being a Steriod User or a Fat man wtf. So now people can just eye people's wieght now, o boy what a time. There would also be no reason to list players lighter than they are who wouldn't want to see a 250 pound man hit a ball, you know it would be an instant homerun so what you just said was a lie.
@@joseanthompson9069 bro, look at Shaq in the early 2000’s. They listed the guy at 300 to 325 lbs. when in reality he was close to 350lbs easy. Same with Oliver Miller, that guy was super overweight and they lied that too.
All big boys like McGuire,Parker,Luzinski,Thome will gain weight as they age. Mark at 6'5' 6'6 would have been 250 natural as he worked hard, likely 270 without steroids if a chronic bad knee persisted, although most would go to mid section.
"The man upstairs, handed me steroids"...
Roger Maris's single-season record of 61 home runs in 1961 should still stand.
Chris Stoller so should Ruth's all time homeruns. Aaron used methamphetamines
firebird_SPLEEN OMG....okay listen carefully....what greenies allowed you to do was a day game after a night game, got back from the west coast late and have a game at noon....it allowed you to do in August what you could do if you were fresh in May or June...THEY DIDN'T TRANSFORM YOU INTO SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD NOT HAVE OTHERWISE BEEN....Mickey Mantle or Willie Mays didn't start taking Greenies at the age of 38 and 40 and hit 70 homeruns....you're comparing a knife to a nuclear missle....this isn't like scuffing a ball, stealing a sign, corking a bat, or taking greenies.....people who took steroids were GROSSLY TRANSFORMED
I'm not sure if speed would cause a person to hit more homeruns, but I may be wrong.
+R.J. Bama
What was Babe Ruth on?
Babe faced the talent of only part of the population: white people.
Babe only played day games.
Many pitches were created since the time of Babe.
It goes on and on.
Who knows what Babe Ruth was on? I think during that time cocaine could be bought in any corner pharmacy. By the way I'm not going to make this a black and white issue, that's just silly. I know one thing for sure, the Babe was on hot dogs and beer. I don't know what day games has to do with it. Most MLB players today will tell you they would rather play a night game because the sun shining in their face is not a factor.
JOSE CANSECO WAS ACTUALLY THE MOST HONEST AND TRUTHFUL ONE FROM THIS INFAMOUS ERA OF BASEBALL PLAYERS, HE SIMPLY TOLD THE UGLY TRUTH, THEY ALL OWE HIM AN APOLOGY
you don't know anything Mark is right Jose was selling a book. mark is the honest one.
@@psilocybemusashi then why hasn’t McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Palermo, A Rod, Manny, Bonds or anyone else sued Jose Canseco. By them not filing a lawsuit against him his claims have to be the truth.
Either they broke more laws, they know people who broke laws or they know he is correct in his claims a innocent man or woman is yelling from day 1 of being accused “That’s absolutely false that never happened.” McGwire half way admitted the truth that he took steroids years after the 98 season & well after 2005 that he was accused. I say half way cause we all know it helped him perform no matter what he says about health but lets also go back he said “The names I don’t remember.” Well that makes him pretty damn stupid to put something in his body that can be a risk to a persons health. Hulk Hogan & WWE wrestlers were taking steroids in the 1980’s & telling people after they found out the dangers do not take them.
@@psilocybemusashi Yes Jose was selling a book and I do believe he exaggerating things in the book. But Jose was pretty much correct on everything he said.
He snitched and needed money nothing honorable about that
The number of players hitting 50+ homers exploded in the late 90s -- coinciding exactly with steroid usage. How anyone can deny the causation is beyond me.
It's a correlation, not a causation.
the causation was money and multinational corporations, networks and the MLB were making plenty of it because of juicing.
George Foster hit 52 home runs in 1977 with NO steroids!
And the pitching was much better.
how do you know. if you think there were no steroids in 1977 you are dumb
@@MrOctober44 The pitching was much better in 1977?? Please explain...
How do you know he wasn't using? Its highly unlikely but did they have drug testing back then? So then - you don't know what was in his body....
"I would've loved drug testing when I played" JFC who can take this guy seriously
Im a lifelong Cardinal fan. I cheered him on. I was at Busch Stadium for #62 and #70. This isn’t an apology. He refuses to admit guilt. It is impossible to forgive someone if they will not admit fault.
So when will fans and the media admit their fault in asking for and receiving a homerun race?
What fault? Selig and the media have never admitted fault, nor have fans for wanting a home run race. I saw 62 and loved it.
I am not sorry for loving it. Baseball should have tested for steroids and banned abusers if it really opposed them so much.
But baseball waited until after they had their money and blamed the players.
@@Wanderlust598 You're a complete idiot. I can barely even reply to your comment, it's that dumb.
@jaredebel5867
I couldn’t agree more it’s such crap that people still celebrate this when it’s obvious artificial. Everyone in MLB from the Commissioner, Owners, Coaches & Players they knew it the entire time. Even Tony La Russa knows it when he claims he had no idea. Pete Rose said years later the truth & McGwire waited 10 years after the fact. People won’t forgive Rose but they turn a blind eye with steroids. Treat people the same when they are wrong of something gambling, steroids, cocaine etc
@@patrickgray5633
You're just a pussified pantywaisted pissant.
My god this guy is a shameless liar
Living the life that matters , true
The way he's lying had me laughing so hard.
Shameless lier straight up fucking puke
@@jacobrichardson1952 You’re right about that!!!
BARRY BONDS INTERVIEW? When does it air?
No that is racism
@@joeysbestfriend2614 Sir, I don't see color. I judge people by their character and deeds they do. Some of my best friends are day labor hispanics that I initially meet at Home Depot and afro-american rappers who are lyric masters that became close friends while I worked at the detention center. The kind of friends I'd donate blood to or even give a low interest loan to.
You do know this interview was over a Decade Right???? This is over, people just like to re- vist it.
Never! He is a scumbag!
@@weatherphobia You can't comprehend a joke.
He's just sorry he got cought. The crying is fake. He just wants people to feel sorry for him. Him saying he didn't know others doing steroids is obviously a lie.
I find it hysterical he said La Russa didn’t know, & his own family never even asked him. That to me is BS with no cameras around driving in the car with Matt McGwire or at family events he’s really telling us nobody asked Mark or dad did you take this stuff????
He didn’t get caught.
They would of offered Canseco more money to keep his mouth shut but he chose to speak up and clean up Baseball props to Canseco because at the same time he went down with all the others
"I tried them in 89." Gee, who hooked him up? Jose Canseco! But the part of his book where he says we injected ourselves in the ball club before the practice was made up by the ghostwriter. I am on a regime of anabolics, a strict protocol that depends on a very strict schedule. You don't just bust it out in the gym locker room. That is a myth. But he owes Jose an apology. In the end, Jose was the only MLB player that was remotely honest.
It's not the crime that gets you. It's the cover up.
Hammerin Hank still holds the record, sorry Barry. And Maris, too.
Hell yes!!!!
Aaron Maris Ruth did it the right way.
Barry holds the record so get over it you stupid sob
@@neo7566 Aaron Marris and Ruth all used some form of ped it's been going on since the beginning of baseball 😁
Hank Aaron never had to apologize
He’s STILL lying!
Born to lie tattooed on his big forehead.
@@patrickgray5633 😂
@@patrickgray5633 Couldn't have said it better.
I don't think he's lying as much as he's delusional. Stating that he could have hit those type of numbers without steroids when no one else in the game, still to this day, has even come close.
Your comment was posted in the past and I’m not here to talk about it
For those who don't really know, no matter what he's trying to say, just 1, ONE cycle of juice give you an INCREDIBLE advantage. I played football for 17 years, 10 on Testosterone. Hands down those 10 years were WAY better across the board. Every measurable statistic. For him to say it didn't help is laughable. And he knows it.
It's all about hand to eye coordination steroids don't do a damn thing for you
I agree, he is most def lying. He did it for the same reasons everyone takes roids. Also "I don't remember which drugs I took". Oh please. Every bodybuilder you talk to has an encyclopedic knowledge of drugs, it's like talking to a doctor. He is trying to minimize the role drugs have on his legacy.
@@timb4248 Yeah that's the usual nonsense, they try to minimize their use saying it was just for health or recovery, wich is ridiculous. Or use the hand/eye coordination excuse, when there are countless PEDs that improve that too and everything else.
Drugs make you better in every department, otherwise athletes wouldn't use them. PEDs work extremely well, can transform an average guy in a world's beater, and gifted people like McGwire in GOAT contenders.
So i'm 46 years old and until April 14th of this year, i had never put an any form of testosterone into my body. I've always produced it naturally but last year i tore my left shoulder and after 7 months, i still couldn't lift a 45 lb dumbell over my head and my wight had gone up 20lbs and my test levels had dipped to 400. So i started test replacement. I don't want to live on it but i also don't want to turn into a women by stopping. How did these ball playings take androgynous test then stop then start again without it affecting their own natural production. In only 5 months, my production has gone to nothing
Jose has recently said on Vlad TV interview that McGuire really did not need steroids to become a homerun king....what hurt his stats more than anything was hitting at Oakland Collesium!
He says that now. But deep down he knows the late 90s Mark needed it. Before steroids he was great but with them he was unstoppable.
@@brandons5479 Hey Brandon, check out the 5 minute clip of Jose on VLAD TV here on YT.....actually I recommend watching all of the entire interview, but the clip with McGuire and the genetics he had without PEDs coupled with hitting in what was the absolute worst stadium homerun wise ever.....You are not wrong about the late 90s and moving to Busch Stadium....Big Mac was quite injury riddled by then. Honestly, I don't care, I think that if one is a professional ball player...the less than 1 percent in the world that make it to por anything and if PEDs help your moneymaker ie your body.....then do whatever you want to do.
@Justin McDonald That Vlad interview with Canseco was outstanding. What did you think about Jose discussing the challenges of hitting at Oakland Collesium? Can you imagine what kind of numbers McGuire and Canseco would have reached had they been playing half their games each season at Fenway Park or the newer park in Houston with the short porch in left field. Canseco was like a God to me when his career started to take off in the mid to late 80s. Canseco, Brett, Schmidt, Doc Gooden, Allan Trammel, Ricky Henderson, Nolan Ryan, Molitor and Yount, Louisiana Lightening Ron Guidry, etc.....no better time to be a teenaged ball player than the 80s.....younger years watching Johnny Bench and the Baseball Bunch and who can forget Mel Allen and This Week In Baseball.....
lets take Mcgwire at his word then, that he took them for health reasons, to heal faster, etc. That means that WITHOUT steroids, he would have been out longer, and possibly been injured more often, and recovered more slowly. That would have taken a toll on his ability to hit homers. Who is to say that he wouldnt have been injured without the roids in 98? That happens, he is out of the HR running.
The idea that it didnt help is ludacris. I will agree that he had the power before them, and steroids dont give you coordination or hitting ability. But they are PERFORMANCE enhancing drugs. That doesnt have to mean that he hit harder, but it could mean he was able to perform for longer at the level he did.
The reporter was fantastic doing this interview. He didn't let him of the hook on anything
Bob Costas boyyyyyyy
He keeps saying it didn't help him hit homeruns while at the same time saying he couldn't feel healthy and strong without it. Umm in order to hit that many homeruns, you need to feel really, really healthy and strong. So of course Roger Maris still has the record. I'm sure he felt a lack of energy and strength on some days too and battled through it without artificially enhancing his performance.
Perfectly said.
Yeah... its the old saying, 'what a tangled web we weave when we practice to deceive'
steroids have been in baseball sense the 50's lmfao
That one Pirates pitcher threw a no hitter on acid
The bottom line is that Canseco did more for baseball by ending the Steroid era than this so called "baseball hero".
He didn't end the steroid era. It's still going on to this day. And there's nothing wrong with it.
Lol baseball was more entertaining during the steroid era
@@jaygio lol it's the HGH and Sticky tack era
They were accusing Canseco of juicing in '86 when he was 40/40.
He doesn’t hit like this like this without steroids
He might of had like 50 homeruns if it wasn't for steroids in 1998. There's no way he could hit 70 homeruns without steroids.
the person who abandoned his principles and did something unethical is the victim hahahaahhahahahahahaha
I couldn't make it barely six minutes in.
FRAUD.
I was a McGuire fan for years. I’m not even that upset that he did steroids. I knew 100% he was on steroids watching him play. What bothers me is him saying “they didn’t help me”. What a joke. He agreed to do the interview. Either come clean or don’t do the interview at all! Why take steroids if they didn’t help you?
man he looks like James Hetfield
he could james for holloween
James Hetfield looks like Mark McGwire.
True!!!!
The steroid era, was the only time I watch baseball. It was exciting to watch.
The best era. It was about skill and talent. You can’t bat the ball like they did it even if you use steroids it is about skill.
True dat
I agree completely. It’s professional ball, who cares what they’re doing. They are paid to entertain. And that’s what they used to do, entertain.
Thank you for uploading these videos!
gotta hand it to Bob Costas. Absolute savage interviewer.
Nope. Costas sucks.
Even Lance came out and said he didn't think he could win at that time without the drugs. Mark is delusional.
Agreed, I think he is full of it.
Wayyyyy different things bro
Damn, I'm 52 years old and always loved baseball, but I have never seen this before. It's sad that this was so called admission. Saying he did the roids for his health is like saying he shot heroin for a nagging groin injury!! Cmon mark, it is what it is brother!!
Athletes use steroids because they help you recover quicker from muscle fatigue which can lead to injury so I believe him about that because he was often injured.
Your analysis is severely defective. Steroids and heroin are animals of vastly different breeds. Stop bloviating about a subject regarding which you're severely ignorant.
He's digging a deep hole!!
Bob Costas is ice cold in this interview he’s not buying any of what Mark’s selling here.
He was hurt all of the time because he weighed so much from using steroids ... Dude was 6'5", 280 lbs RIPPED when he was cycling steroids routinely like a pro bodybuilder, which coincidently his brother was. At the end of his career, he could barely run the bases he was so freaking big.
No one doubts that he was a great home run hitter but there are a lot of great home run hitters. The record should be stripped and Maris should still hold the record as no one yet has still legitimately broken his record. Which in turn means Aaron's record should be returned.
Judge has the legit record now
@@dbreiden83080 You serious? :)
When I was a young kid I idolized mark collected every card and watched the season with my father when he broke roger Maris’ record and even remember him and Sosa were in a race to beat that home run record but you can’t use PED and break a record of one of the OGs of baseball who did it all natural with grit and talent
Steroid can’t do that man. It is about skill. Go and give a bat to a boxer and let’s see what happen. I am from a country that all young kid use steroids and they are nothing in baseball and they play. It is about skill and talent.
@@joshhighlights3310 they won’t make you hit the ball, but they’ll keep you on the field so you can. Any serious athlete knows it’s cheating because otherwise your body wouldn’t have allowed you to compete at all.
everyone has their perogotive. do you want to sell me those cards at a discount? I offer 10% of the value they have most recently sold on ebay for.
Who cares? The pitchers and even bench players were using them.
McGwire deserves to be in the Hall Of Fame
@@psilocybemusashi 10% lmao... his rookie card (raw, ungraded) has sold for less than $20. What you gonna offer $2.00 for it... clown
He's still justifying it
He's a flat liar Tony La Russa looks so bad in this with all he said that McGwire did it legal & right & Canseco was jealous. Don't think so Tony Jose Canseco helped the game of baseball more then most players before him & all of them after him other then Cal Ripkens' streaks.
@@erichvonmanstein6876 break dance fight!!!!
@@1393floyd what lol?
@@patrickgray5633 and how do you figure the iron man streak "helped" baseball?
Come on mark..... no one just takes steroids for pain and recovery.... the steroids do effect performance and to say that they didn’t effect your performance is naive At best.
Incorrect, I took steroids strictly for recovery purposes under a doctors guidance. TRUST me when i say this....i didnt want to stop. The roids i was taking (anavar, andro) never made me larger or stronger, they could have at Arnie/Lou levels....but they sure did make my body feel like i was 18 again. McGwire is 100% correct that roids DO NOT enhance eye/hand stuff....but they do certainly change the dynamics
Jon Lenton what do you think is the mechanism behind it helping with recovery? Is it just because it raises testosterone?
@@joebobmarley2854 Well testosterone plays a factor, but i think its the supporting hormone levels that are also changed....the goal is quit literally, gradually increase doseages until 14-18 year old levels are attained, then gradually weaned off and put on post cycle therapy after the seired recovery is there. Everyone knows at 14-18 we literally are indestructible, and that is the goal of hormone recovery
Jajajajaja. Liar it is about skill.
@@ramtd02I’m sure the steroids you were given by your Dr were totally different than the ones they were getting and injecting.
He really almost doesn’t even realize how foolish he looks in the interview. From one standpoint he talks about how he could’ve done all of this without steroids. However from another standpoint he talks about how he couldn’t stay healthy, and admits that he used steroids as a means of keeping himself healthy. Well Mark I hate to break this to you but you can’t hit home runs when you’re not on the field. So you absolutely needed them to hit home runs. Hello?
Agreed!
Roger Maris just goes to show what a great player he was . I think his record should be reinstated back . 100% mlb is not interested in the right thing only money sad..
It’s funny how when he hit 62 everyone went nuts and now years later judge could hit 62 and it’s as though we discount anything that ever happened in 98
i was given the gift to make comments on youtube
From the man upstairs.
If Jose Canseco never wrote his book all this may never have happened.
He cleaned the game up Jose Canseco did if he didn't come forward it all would still be going on. Canseco did so much to help the game.
@@patrickgray5633and the fact he’s not welcome in any baseball game makes me so angry he was the one that saved baseball shame on MLB
Him, Sosa, Griffy Jr were the reason I became interested in baseball so to me always be a heros in my eyes. So what Sammy and Mark were on steroids. They made the game fun.
ken was too don't fool yourself.
Agreed. The media, gms, managers and commissioner all wanted them to take steroids too.
Hall Of Fame for both of them.
I got to see the 62 home run and enjoyed it.
What's the point of doing an interview if you're still going to lie.
Blaming it on the "era."
jude999 I mean he was a big name back then... Everyone was using even the ones who weren't caught using it. Yes blame the Era. Even pitchers were using it
@@tazz5406 Everyone was using? Ken Griffey Jr. says hello to you sir.
@@joshpetersen2263 what about him? You got proof? Barry Bonds failed as many drug tests as Ken Griffey Jr. Soooooo what you trying to say?
@@erichvonmanstein6876 Get real dude. If you say someone was using then the onus is on YOU to prove it.
@@joshmp05 no ,obviously its not. Prove Bonds did then..............thats what i thought.
let's get one thing straight, the dude is a 6'5 beast... he was NEVER skinny. If you wanna hate on him for steroid use then you need to hate on all of the MLB for that era.
I do. I hope he never gets in the hall of fame
@@augustaborn9034 all your favorite athletes take performance enhancing drugs
You could say he was "skinny" at USC and his first couple year's in Oakland, compared to the overly Roided out monster he became later in his career.. He and Bonds were visually obvious. Like everyone taking heavy doses of it does. Unnatural
Still 61. Still 755. Period. Hard stop. Mic drop.
@Jonathan McCully we don’t know that you could be right but we know Bonds & Mark McGwire we know cheated so that disqualifies them to me. Problem is we’ll never know about 70’s farther back but all we can do is know about that.
I believe I was given this gift to watch this interview. I truly believe that.
And this is why now his rookie card is only worth $10 and not $500 like it was 🤦♂️
I still love how he gets a pass and BONDS gets the heat. Who gives a shit about a player's attitude, HOF is HOF and not a house party.
We all know BONDS was HOF before '99 or at least 2000.
Geeez...I only took stoids to make my body feel better, never crossed my mind for 1 second it contributed to my stats. REALLLLLLLLY?
Guy is lieing here Aswell he started before 1993. If your going to tell the truth then tell the whole truth.
So what Mark is saying is, yes I'm guilty but not very. The whole thing is sad because Mark seems like a good guy and now he is a certified liar.
yeah i like Mark, this was tough to watch - I send him peace and good vibes
I send him hgh and synthol
He thought steroids was healing him? He shortened his swing and hit Godzilla home runs with ease. He got better with age like wine😒
I played against Mark in High School, and he was very good, tall and skinny. He went to an all-boys Catholic school he should have known better but ended up making a poor choice. It's forgivable as we all make mistakes in life
Unfortunately that cost him the Hall of Fame with a bad reputation. He did make it to the big leagues with his work ethic good for him
As I see it , the problem is he keeps admitting he couldn’t stay healthy without it. So by definition his performance and numbers associated with it were enhanced and it’s too hard to determine to what extent.
i honestly don't think he made a bad choice.
people don't even realize how common steriods are. i was prescribed them every fall for my alergies as a child. that was only after they perscribed me multiple other treatments that had no effect on my debilitating alergies that came about every fall. if i was playing MLB at that time I would definitely have been taking steriods because it is the only thing that works against my allergies. if you don't know anything about pharmaceuticals or medicine you should definitely not judge mark. go back to your day job.
oh and remember the playoffs are in the fall.
And then he cheated, & now he's still lying
He doesn't regret that he took steroids, he regrets getting caught
He probably started after the .201 season, was probably going on his way out... Clemens went 40-39 last 4 seasons in Bos. Before becoming superhuman in Toronto again.
Exactly. That was the '91 season. He bulked up big time just before the '92 season. I remember that very well as I was a huge A's fan then.
José Canseco saved baseball ⚾️ 🙌
Roger Maris - STILL the Homerun King!
So is Hank Aaron overall. Bonds is as much of a fraud as McGwire.
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It’s not the muscle it’s the confidence
If he doesn't feel that it helped him hit Homers.......what the heck is he apologizing for?
Because he's full of shit!
This is one of the most cringe-worthy, deceitful, disingenuous admissions I've ever seen. He looks absolutely pathetic.
He's a cheater! He's lucky his last name isn't Armstrong!!! They would have took everything from him.
I gave my signed rc picture of Mcgwire to my 11 year old last week with my inscription on the back. In summary he was gifted and his use tainted his career. The reason his pic is valuable is because he owned his problem and went across the country talking to kids about how his use wasted his career.
MLB loved him. Viewership was at its highest then.
Wag the dog
How high
His facial gestures are similar to Richard Kuklinsky
Jose Canseco let the cat out of the bag, was the only one honest about all of it! Hats off to Canseco!!👏 Canseco was the real deal
he's still lying now
fluffybull deadass
go on defend him, its people like you is reason he gets to keep his records, but just face it popular opinion says no to his hall of fame. there's no defending this cheat.
he ruined 98 for you not me
Yea he comes across still as disingenuous unlike Canseco who seems far more sincere.
go back and look at what he did his rookie year. he had a great year. he brought the game back from the dead after the strike is what everyone forgets. he was injury prone very much so. he was my favorite player besides George Brett. I was a huge fan of his. followed him more than anyone. Canseco made it worse on America cause Canseco failed and Canseco was Jealous. As a person who has been forced been prescribed steroids by a dr, it has nothing to do with hand eye coordination. and if anything it will make you stronger only if you preform in the weight room and it is only a quick fix to injuries. If you fix the pain your not hurting, and thats the best cure. Thats why Ill never judge anyone of any sport cause mine had to do with a disability.
It's funny how he tries to say he only used them for health but become a massive monster and started swatting balls out the park like crazy.
Yeah ,Ray..He says he only dabbled pre -93.. B.S .I was in.K.C..in May '92 and the A's were in town to play Royals..I happened to be at the Crown Center Hotel Complex , and happened to see McGwire and Canseco , Henderson, etc..McGwire was in lobby signing a few autographs , and he looked like Paul Bunyan .Absolutely massive human being .No comparison to his appearance as rookie in 87 ..Total transformation using the jet fuel .
His use for pain and healing is spot on. It works for that purpose, its too bad it is also used for enhancement.
It's great for 62 homers. Such a shame that it makes you hit 70. So tragic.
What you are prescribed for pain is totally different than what he was taking .
Dad what's for dinner?
I don't wanna talk about the past
He's so full of crap! At least Canseco was honest!
areed. I think it's BS what the MLB did to Jose and let other's sly by like mark
"Tell the truth, shame the devil"
McGwire & La Russa are such liars. Jose Canseco has so much more credibility then so many of these guys.